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Türkiye’s total imports of crude oil and petroleum products rose 30.1% in September compared to the same month last year, reaching 4.23 million metric tons, with Russia remaining the top supplier at 2.95 million metric tons—accounting for nearly 70% of total imports.
According to the Energy Market Regulatory Authority’s (EPDK) latest monthly sector reports, crude oil accounted for the largest share of the total imports, surging 62.4% year-on-year to 2.74 million tons.
Kazakhstan was the second-largest supplier, delivering 269,442 metric tons of oil and petroleum products, while Iraq ranked third with 209,947 tons.
Together, the three countries accounted for the overwhelming majority of Türkiye’s total oil imports during the month.
Total petroleum exports rose 24.2% year-on-year in September to 1.04 million metric tons, while refinery output of petroleum products increased 39.7% to 3.25 million tons.
Türkiye’s imports of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) grew 16.4% compared to the same month last year, reaching 286,885 tons. The top five supplier countries were Algeria, Russia, the United States, Kazakhstan, and Georgia.
LPG exports surged 90.3% to 47,174 tons, with shipments sent to the United Arab Emirates, Ukraine, Switzerland, Romania, Bulgaria, Singapore, Lebanon and Türkiye’s free trade zones. Domestic LPG production also increased by 27.2% to 88,270 tons.
Türkiye also imported 3.61 billion cubic meters of natural gas in September, up 6.7% from a year earlier. Of this volume, 3.21 billion cubic meters came via pipelines, while 292 million cubic meters were imported as liquefied natural gas (LNG).
Russia supplied the largest share, delivering 1.45 billion cubic meters. Azerbaijan followed with 958 million cubic meters, and Iran provided 807 million cubic meters. LNG shipments included 296 million cubic meters from Algeria and 95 million cubic meters from the United States.
Total gas consumption in Türkiye rose 6.3% annually to 3.11 billion cubic meters. Consumption in the industrial sector rose 7.1% to 1.10 billion cubic meters, and power plants consumed 1.14 billion cubic meters—an 11.2% increase. Residential usage rose 2.1% to 307 million cubic meters.
Gas storage levels also increased by 10.2% year-on-year to 5.31 billion cubic meters. Of this, 4.97 billion cubic meters were held in underground facilities, while 337 million cubic meters were stored at LNG terminals.
Thus, Türkiye's combined energy import bill reached $4.53 billion in September, marking a 3.59% decline, while the value of energy exports rose nearly 20% year-on-year to $1.17 billion.
Licensed electricity production in Türkiye rose 2.5% annually in September to 27.16 million megawatt-hours. Natural gas accounted for 25.2% of generation, followed by imported coal (24.6%), wind (13.9%), lignite (12.6%), and hydroelectric dams (12%). Other contributors included geothermal, solar, biomass, hard coal, asphaltite, and fuel oil.
Total electricity consumption rose 4.1% year-on-year to 25.58 million megawatt-hours. The industrial sector made up the largest share with 37.8%, followed by residential use at 26.9%, and the public and private services sector at 26.3%. Agricultural activities accounted for 7.1%, and public lighting for 1.8%.
The number of electricity consumers in Türkiye reached 51.54 million in September, reflecting a 2.3% annual increase.
The largest growth was among industrial users, up 5.3%. Residential customers rose by 2.4%, followed by 2% growth in both agricultural and service sectors.
Public lighting users increased by 1.6%.
Türkiye’s licensed installed power capacity expanded 2.5% year-on-year to 98,925 megawatts, with natural gas accounting for 24.6% of the total, followed by hydroelectric dams at 24.1%, wind at 14.1%, imported coal at 10.6%, lignite at 10.3%, and the remainder generated from other renewable and conventional sources.
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